Will Joseph Lieberman appear at this year's Republican National Convention?
After the week that was, fellow Democrats in Lieberman's home state said they wouldn't put it past the U.S. senator to put in an appearance at the GOP summit in St. Paul, Minn., this summer to reaffirm his support for the presumptive presidential nominee, John McCain.
Aides to Lieberman, who was in Germany and unavailable for comment, said it is "quite possible" that the self-described independent Democrat will be headed to the Twin Cities for the GOP convention.
State Democratic Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo said that would go over "like a lead balloon" for party members.
"It's very disheartening because two years ago he spoke about working to get a Democrat elected president," DiNardo said.
The criticism from members of his own party isn't a surprise to Lieberman, who lost the 2006 Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont and ran as an independent to win re-election.
Lieberman's aides said the senator is viewing this year's election through the prism of an independent. He wants to see Democrats return to the party's moorings of being strong on national defense and promoting progressive values at home that were championed by President Kennedy.
Dan Gerstein, an architect of Lieberman's re-election campaign two years ago, said McCain and Lieberman share a bond as independent-minded "statesmen" who put their country's interests ahead of their party.
http://www.newstimes.com/ci_8228927
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At lease the voters of Connecticut will know they thought they voted in a Dem/Independant candidate, only to find out he was really a Republican. Yes even the Dems who for many years helped Lipstick with fund raising now know he played them for a fool too. I wonder what the CT voters will do when they see the man they elected in office laugh in their faces as he made a fool of the State voters.
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